Example sentences of "could [vb infin] [vb pp] [adv prt] the [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | Keep him from chasing younger birds — if he could 've summoned up the energy . |
| 2 | So the chalk could have absorbed up the grease . |
| 3 | A COMPUTER blip could have messed up the statements of millions of credit card customers , it was revealed last night . |
| 4 | At one time you could have travelled up the Aspe valley by railway , and entered Spain through a tunnel five miles long under the final ridge . |
| 5 | Mr Parker , 33 , denied that Joanna , 25 , could have made up the story . |
| 6 | ‘ I doubt if he could have kept up the masquerade for that long . ’ |
| 7 | This is bloody hard work — if I 'd wanted a holiday like this I could have gone down the mines for a fortnight . ’ |
| 8 | Southend then enjoyed a revival but after 63 minutes Malkin could have tied up the points when set up by Aldridge but Sansome made an excellent save . |
| 9 | Here he could have seen out the war , but he , and Reg Wallace , another RAF evader , ‘ escaped ’ into France and joined the Maquis . |
| 10 | I tell you another thing that amazes me , how any one with a Sovereign right , were a Sovereign in those days , could have given up the palace of Westminster which is so beautiful , palace , together I suppose reigned after the Duke of is it ? |
| 11 | Crushed against him , Folly could no more have resisted than she could have held back the tides . |
| 12 | In the absence of deep-rooted democratic institutions which could have held back the force of aggressive nationalism , local groups took the form of mere channels through which the idea of the nation as an integrated family could be reproduced . |
| 13 | We could have harnessed up the goat-cart and come and fetched you . |
| 14 | The DTI could have closed down the investment business there and then . |